A Malicious Fistful of Chillies

"a malicious fistful of chillies" she picked up at the market. It's a great turn of phrase.

(Lionel Shriver 'The Post-Birthday World')

This photo was taken in Kota Kinabalu, Borneo. "you look like the wild man of Borneo" Mr Bennett the histrionics teacher would hurl at a particularly unkempt girl. For particularly stupid ones he reserved a phrase which in memory sounded something like 'You Aurora-Rora-Borealis' or 'Ora-Roara-Ranutan!'